Greek Inspired Dinner Party: Menu + Recipes {Part 2}

Posted on July 6, 2015

As promised, here is Part 2 of our Greek Inspired Dinner Party where I bring you all the delicious recipes! This is going to be one super post of mouth watering food, so make sure you pin it for later. And as always, you can download the recipes into your recipe manager app (I use Paprika and absolutely love it).

If you didn’t get a chance to read Part 1 of our Greek inspired dinner party, make sure you check it out. It featured all the decor and tablscape plus shopable links so you can recreate your own version of this! We have a lot to cover here today, so let’s just dive right into it!

We started this greek inspired dinner party with a spread of olives, breads, dried fruit, nuts, olive oil & balsamic vinegar and some dips, including tzatziki and hummus. I looked around for cheese but struggled to find something I really wanted, so I decided to throw in some brie with the yummy Peach & Red Onion Chutney that I made a few weeks back. I know it’s not Greek, but hey, it’s my party and I can serve what I want to!

So before I get into the main course, I have to say, that we were all so excited to eat the food, that we almost forgot to get pictures! I quickly snapped this one before we ate but unfortunately, I don’t have many more. But you can still see from this picture how scrumptious everything looks!

First, let’s start with the star of the dinner, the chicken souvlaki! I guess technically these aren’t really considered souvlaki because we didn’t end up skewering them. Souvlaki means small, bite sized pieces of meat (typically pork, chicken or lamb), grilled on a skewer. We had the skewers ready, but in the end, it seemed like it would be easier to serve them sans skewer, especially with five kids under five years old at the table (yes, the adults were outnumbered by the children!).

Chicken Souvlaki

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Authentic in it's Greek flavors, this chicken souvlaki will be the star of your next Greek feast!

Place all the ingredients into the baking pan (you may need two baking pans. Don't overcrowd the one)

Mix all the ingredients well with hands, making sure potatoes are coated

Bake for 40 minutes (time may vary depending on oven)

Notes

* The garlic will likely drop into the liquid. That is ok. That is how the garlic flavor will infuse into the potatoes while baking

By Chris Martin

Amidst the Chaos http://amidstthechaos.ca/

The final recipe from our collection that I want to share with you today is the homemade tzatziki. As I mentioned before, this is based on my mother-in-law’s recipe and I credit her fully for making me fall in love with Greek food. I will warn you, this tzatziki is VERY garlicky. If you aren’t a huge garlic lover, start out small and keep tasting it along the way. We use purple garlic as the flavor is more potent and we like that. Also note that the longer the dip sits in the fridge, the more powerful the garlic will become. So go easy, at first.

Traditional Greek Tzatziki

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An authentic taste of Greek with this traditional tzatziki recipe. So easy and flavorful.

Once shredded, squeeze out all excess water from the cucumber and mix in with other ingredients.

Mix well and let sit in refrigerator for 4-6 hours before serving.

By Chris Martin

Adapted from Melanie Drouillard

Adapted from Melanie Drouillard

Amidst the Chaos http://amidstthechaos.ca/

So there you have three of our own Greek recipes that you can incorporate into your next greek dinner party.

There are two other recipes we used for our dinner that I found online. The first was this amazing Greek Cucumber and Arugula Salad from Iowa Girl Eats. I liked this salad so much, I think I will continue to make it instead of the traditional greek salad. Also, I should note that I don’t have a spiralizer (yet) but I do have a mandolin, so I thinly sliced the cucumber instead of spiralizing it.

The second recipe I made was Avocado Tzatziki from Shugary Sweets. I wanted to have a second type of tzatziki with our meal and so when I came across this recipe, I knew I had to try it. It was just as I suspected: delicious and refreshing! I would make it again for sure!

For desert, our guests brought over a fabulous assortment of Greek pastries, including the delicious loukoumades! SO GOOD! Again, we cracked into them wayyyy to fast for me to grab a picture of them.

Well there you have it: all the recipes that we used to create our incredibly delicious Greek inspired dinner menu! I hope this has inspired you to plan your own Greek feast and invite some of your friends over to join you! Food is meant to be shared and we are meant to live in community. Maybe there’s a family in your neighborhood that you’ve been wanting to know more…invite them over as you break bread together.

I LOVE with this theme! Thank you for the inspiration, Christine. Also, the fact that you were enjoying it too much to get pictures tells me it was a perfection. When is your next themed dinner?! Keep ’em coming!

Delicious. Everything looks so yummy. I love greek cuisine and I am definitely gonna try some of these recipes. I think they are perfect for dinner party and we can even have our guest get involved in cooking too since its not so difficult to get these recipes ready. It would be so much fun.

I had Greek food once and it did not look anything like this (nor did it taste good). Your food looks extremely delicious and summer appropriate, I know I keep saying that. Although you have potatoes on the plate it does not look heavy. I will definitely try to recreate this meal!